Jet Airways will operate three recovery flights from Amsterdam to Mumbai, Delhi and Toronto on Thursday to fly the passengers stranded in Brussels following a series of explosions that rocked the airport and metro station in the Belgian capital on Tuesday. An airline spokesperson said the first r...
Security is being tightened at European airports following the Brussels attacks, with the airport there now closed until the weekend. In France the ongoing State of Emergency declared in November continues, and armed soldiers at airports, train stations and other public places is a common sight,...
The Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport was briefly evacuated Wednesday morning over a suspicious package that turned out to be a false alarm, though officials said they are continuing to work with law enforcement to monitor the situation. An unattended bag at the busy Atlanta airport received a “positive hit” from a canine explosives team around&nbs...
Air New Zealand’s three-month old Auckland-Houston service is expanding from five times a week to daily over the upcoming summer holidays. The nonstop service, which launched just before Christmas and is served with Boeing 777-200ERs, will run every day over a two-month period from December 5 2016 to February 5 2017, Air NZ said in a statement on Thursday. Air NZ chief sales and c...
The Latest on the attacks in Brussels and related investigations (all times local): 9:05 p.m. Two officials say the suspected bombmaker in the Paris attacks was one of two suicide bombers who died in the Brussels airport blasts. The officials said that Najim Laachraoui's DNA was verified as that of one of the attackers on Tuesday, after samples were taken from remains found at t...
Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announced a new Riga route to Tel Aviv that will be operated from 20 June 2016 two times a week, on Mondays and Fridays. The long awaited service from Wizz Air now allows people the opportunity to travel between Latvia and Israel on very low fares while enjoying excellent onboard service. With its newest route, Wizz Air...
Ryanair told a group of Britons they would have to pay up to £6,000 if they wanted to fly home from Brussels on Tuesday evening after the city was rocked by two terror attacks, which left 34 dead and 240 injured, an MP has said. Labour MP for Sefton Central Bill Esterson told the House of Commons: “I have been contacted by a number of my constituents who are in Brussels, who tr...
Several countries have tightened or reviewed airport security following twin explosions at Brussels Airport, as Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Wednesday blamed Europe's porous borders and lax security for the attack. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the bomb attacks in the departure hall of Zaventem airport, and a rush-hour metro train which killed at least 30 people....
The world's biggest passenger airline has flown into Birmingham Airport ahead of a new daily flights schedule from the West Midlands. The Airbus A380 will operate on a route run by Middle Eastern airline Emirates between the Birmingham and Dubai from Easter Sunday. The aircraft can fly 15,200km (9,995 miles) and carry 600 passengers. Bosses hope its arrival can help the airport to kee...
Think about how people working in aviation are making the choice to become a pilot, a flight attendant, an aviation mechanic or an air traffic controller... Sometimes a small event is helping to feel the "click" and make a life time choice. It is essential to show and to create interest for future of aviation business, so take it very seriously, we have to share our exp...
Two explosions have struck the departures area of Zaventem airport in Brussels The Belgian government has confirmed there are casualties but has given no numbers yet. The cause of the explosions is unknown. The airport is being evacuated and has been closed to flights. The blasts come four days after the capture in Brussels of Salah Abdeslam, the main suspect in the jihadist attacks in Pa...
This week the Latvian airline airBaltic celebrates the 10th anniversary of its Vilnius – Stockholm, Arlanda service. Wolfgang Reuss, SVP of Network Management of airBaltic: “With our Horizon 2021 business plan, we are aiming at operating 11 direct routes out of Vilnius and Tallinn in the next five years. We are happy that since successful restructuring and achieving profitability ov...
Air New Zealand plans to boost capacity between Perth and Christchurch when it uses the 787-9 Dreamliner on the seasonal route from December. Previously, Air NZ’s Perth-Christchurch flights, which operate during the summer months, have been flown with 230-seat Boeing 767-300ERs comprising 24 in business and 206 in economy. However, the airline said on Tuesday it would deploy the 787-9s...
A discount airline based in Iceland offering rock-bottom prices for flights between Canada and Europe says it has been so overwhelmed with demand from Canadians that it is moving up its launch date and offering more flights than originally planned. WOW Air made headlines last October with plans to offer one-way flights from Toronto and Montreal to Iceland starting at $9...
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Baltic Ground Services (BGS), a global provider of ground handling and aircraft fueling services, has initiated cooperation with Airest, taking over into‑plane fueling operations at Kaunas (KUN) and R...
